Molecular characterization of a pre-Columbian mummy and in situ coprolite

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 620-629

  Luciani, Stefania ^a   Fornaciari, Gino ^b   Rickards, Olga ^c   Labarga, Cristina Martínez ^c   Rollo, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Bacterial DNA; mtDNA; Mummy; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON 14; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPROLITE; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FECES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HAPLOGROUP; HAPLOTYPE; HOMO SAPIENS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU ANALYSIS; INFECTION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUMMIES; PERU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33645235800     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20314     Document Type: Article

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